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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) A black farmer.
(b) A young man.
(c) An aged woman.
(d) A police officer.

2. Who does the narrator ask for help with her car problems?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) The homeless man.

3. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A couple of month.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) A couple of hours.

4. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?
(a) The graffiti left on her sofa.
(b) The burglars where white.
(c) Stealing her piano.
(d) The vandalism.

5. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) Alzheimer's disease.
(b) Alcohol withdrawal.
(c) Drug withdrawal.
(d) End stage cancer.

6. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cigarettes.

7. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) A friend of his.
(b) A woman.
(c) Two dogs.
(d) A cat.

8. What does the narrator ask Florence about?
(a) The troubles in the township.
(b) If she can clean the homeless person's clothes.
(c) If she wants a puppy.
(d) How her husband is doing.

9. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?
(a) The police.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) The homeless of Cape Town.

10. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?
(a) The school is closed.
(b) The bus broke down.
(c) It is after 5 p.m.
(d) It is vacation time.

11. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do after speaking with the police?
(a) To send Bheki's friend home.
(b) To go home.
(c) To go rent a good movie.
(d) To prepare cocoa for everyone.

12. What does Florence do after the crash?
(a) Call the local chapter of the black panthers.
(b) Call the hospital where Bheki's friend was sent to.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Call the parents of Bheki's friend.

13. Where does the housekeeper live?
(a) Watara.
(b) Soweto.
(c) Gugultu.
(d) Guwata.

14. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?
(a) Because it is a bad precedent.
(b) Because it fosters laziness.
(c) Because he does not deserve it.
(d) Because she does not have cash.

15. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In the waiting room of the hospital.
(b) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(c) In a room full of older men.
(d) In a cell at the local prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?

2. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?

3. What instrument does the narrator play?

4. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?

5. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?

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